Form

Pronunciation

Meaning

Vietnamese equivalent

1. household (a)

/ˈhaʊshəʊld/

relating to a house or flat and the people who live there

trong gia đình, dùng trong gia đình

2. chore (n)

/tʃɔːr/

a job or piece of work that needs to be done regularly

việc vặt

Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

- Students may not know the household chores.

- Students may not know how to work in teams.

- Use pictures/ photos or videos of some household chores to show them in the class.

Give short, clear instructions and help if necessary.

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Game: Let’s race? (PPT slides)

- T divides Ss into 4 groups and gives instructions: Watch the video clip and try to remember all the household chores Mr. Bean did in the video. One person from each group then goes to the board and writes the names of the chores.

- T confirms the correct answers.

- Ss do as instructed.

- Ss work in pairs to discuss the answer after watching the clip, then one representative from each group writes the answer on the board.

Suggested answer:

Mop the floor

Clean the toilet

Wash the clothes / Do the laundry

Clean the house

Vacuum the carpet

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Vocabulary pre-teaching

- T asks Ss to look at the photos to guess the meaning of new words.

- T shows the Vietnamese meaning, says the words aloud and asks Ss to repeat them.

- Students listen to the teacher’s explanation and guess the words.

- Students write down the new words in their notebook.

New words:

1. household (n)

2. chore (n)

Form

Pronunciation

Meaning

Vietnamese equivalent

1. (to) work out

/wɜːk aʊt/

to exercise in order to improve the

strength or appearance of your body

Tập luyện

2. (be) full of

/fʊl əv/

containing a lot of something

Đầy

3. diet (n)

/ˈdaɪ.ət/

the food and drink usually eaten or

drunk by a person or group

Chế độ ăn uống

4. balanced (adj)

/ˈbælənst/

a balanced diet is a combination of the correct types and amounts of food.

Cân bằng

5. fit (adj)

/fɪt/

healthy and strong, especially as a result of exercise

Cân đối

Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

Students are reluctant to work in groups.

- Encourage students to work in pairs and in groups so that they can help each other.

- Provide feedback and help if necessary.

Students may lack vocabulary to deliver a speech.

- Explain expectations for each task in detail.

- Continue to explain task expectations in small chunks (before every activity).

- Provide vocabulary and useful language before assigning tasks.

- Encourage students to work in groups so that they can help each other.

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Categorizing game

- Ss work in groups. Each group is given small pieces of paper on which activities of healthy and unhealthy lifestyle are written.

- Each group has to classify them into correct categories.

- The first team to complete the task correctly is the winner.

- Teacher asks the winner to go to the board and show the correct answers.

- Ss work in groups to classify activities into correct categories.

- The winner goes to the board and shows the correct answers.

Lists of activities:

- Healthy lifestyle

+ Eat fruits and vegetables

+ Drink enough water

+ Have a balanced diet

+ Get regular exercise

+ Avoid tobacco and drugs

+ Get enough good sleep

- Unhealthy lifestyle

+ Stay up late

+ Eat late in the evening

+ Eat too much sodium

+ Have excessive screen time

+ Overuse painkillers and sedatives

+ Eat fast food

Past simple tense

Past continuous tense

1. Describe something started and finished in the past

E.g. You did a great job yesterday.

1. Describe an action which was happening at a specific point of time in the past.

E.g: I was reading a good book at 10 p.m. last night.

2. Describe main events in a story.

E.g. Mary read a few pages of her book and went to bed.

2. Describe the settings of a story.

E.g. It was raining heavily outside. Mary read a few pages of her book and went to bed.

• When one action in the past happens in the middle of another, we use the past simple to talk about the shorter action, and the past continuous for the longer action.

E.g. I was reading a book when the phone rang.

• When two or more actions in the past are happening at the same time, we use the past continuous for both/all.

E.g. While I was reading a book, my mother was watching TV.

Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

Students may lack knowledge about some lexical items.

Provide students with the meaning and pronunciation of some lexical items.

Students may have underdeveloped listening, speaking and co-operating skills.

- Play the recording many times if necessary.

- Encourage students to work in pairs, in groups so that they can help each other.

- Provide feedback and help if necessary.

Some students will excessively talk in the class.

- Define expectation in explicit detail.

- Continue to define expectations in small chunks (before every activity).

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Game: Say a name

- Divide the class into two teams. There are 5 turns for each team.

- Give instructions. There are two separate boxes. One box (A) contains the names of some nationalities, the other box (B) contains names of jobs. Students pick up one card from box A and one from box B. Students have to say the name of at least one famous person corresponding to their cards.

- If one team cannot answer, they lose their turn, and the chance is transferred to the other team.

For example, the card in box A says “South African” and box B says “politician” 🡺 students should say “Nelson Mandela”.

- One point for a correct answer.

- The group getting the highest points will be the winner.

- Students work in groups to do the activity.

- Students pick the cards and say a name.

Suggested ideas:

Box A: Vietnamese, American, British

Box B: politician, footballer, singer, writer

Some possible answers:

Vietnamese politician: Ho Chi Minh, Nguyen Phu Trong, Le Duan

Vietnamese footballer: Nguyen Quang Hai, Nguyen Cong Phuong

Vietnamese singer: My Tam, My Linh

Vietnamese writer: To Hoai, Luu Quang Vu, Nam Cao

American politician: Donald Trump, Barack Obama

American footballer: Landon Donovan

American writer: Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway

American singer: Micheal Jackson, Whitney Houston …

British politician: Margaret Thatcher, Therasa May …

British footballer: David Beckham, Raheem Sterling …

British singer: Adele, Elton John

British writer: William Shakespeare, J.K Rowling…

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 1: Listen and repeat. Then practise saying the words. (6 mins)

- Ask Ss to listen to the recording. Have them pay attention to the highlighted letter(s) which contain the diphthongs /eɪ/ (blue) and /əʊ/ (orange).

- Ask Ss to listen to the recording again, but this time, have them repeat the words.

- Tell students that they can find the /eɪ/ and /əʊ/ sounds in various spellings, such as:

/eɪ/

- ‘ae’ as in age, save, fame

- ‘ai’ as in aim, again

- ‘ay’ as in play, essay

- ‘ei’ as in eight, vein

- ‘ea’ as in break, great

/əʊ/

- ‘oa’ as in boat, coach

- ‘ow’ as in snow, growth

- ‘ou’ as in although, shoulder

- In stronger classes, ask them to add more to these examples.

- Students listen to the recording, and then repeat the words.

- Students add more examples of the words that contain the diphthongs /eɪ/ and /əʊ/.

Task 2: Work in pairs. Underline the words that contain the /eɪ/ and /əʊ/ sounds. Listen and check. Then practise reading the whole text aloud (6 mins)

- Ask Ss to read quickly through the text to get a broad understanding.

- Have Ss work in pairs to underline the words with the diphthongs /eɪ/ and /əʊ/ in each sentence.

- Ask them to listen to the recording and check their answers.

- Have Ss practise reading the whole text aloud in pairs.

- In weaker classes, ask Ss to read the underlined words containing the diphthongs first before reading aloud the whole text.

- In stronger classes, have pairs make 3-5 sentences about a specific topic (e.g. famous people), containing as many diphthongs /ei/ and /əʊ/ as possible. Invite them to read these sentences aloud in front of the class, and have other students listen and count the number of correct words with diphthongs. The pair(s) with the most correct diphthongs are winners.

- Students underline the words with the diphthongs /eɪ/ and /əʊ/ first. Then listen to the recording.

- Students read the whole text aloud.

Answer key:

In the first year when ‘The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram’ was published, more than 300,000 copies were sold. The book was also translated into more than 16 different languages. A film based on the diary was made in 2009. Its name is ‘Don’t burn’.